INTRO-PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

EXEMPTION:INTRO PROB/STAT

Covers the following topics: fundamentals of probability theory and statistical inference used in engineering and applied science; Probabilistic models, random variables, useful distributions, expectations, law of large numbers, central limit theorem; Statistical inference: pint and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis tests, linear regression. For IEOR graduate students.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• 0 points

Readings in Hasidic Literature

One of the most enduring contributions of the Hasidic movement to the Judaism and Jewish culture is its rich literary tradition. Revered by the Hasidim as divinely inspired and reviled as obscurantist or heretical by the movement’s opponents, Hasidic writings have fascinated generations of readers and remain the subject of intensive investigation by modern scholars. This class will introduce students to the Hasidic literary tradition by engaging in a close readings of a representative selection of eighteenth and nineteenth century Hasidic texts composed in a variety of genres. We will explore the literary and ideological contents of these works as well as the historical and philological complexities created by the transition from oral to written discourse, from manuscript to the print medium and from the Yiddish to the Hebrew language. We will also reflect on the challenges of cultural translation and the consequences of reading traditional texts in the light of modern critical scholarship.

This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates may register with permission from the instructor. A working knowledge of Rabbinic Hebrew is required.

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Elly Moseson
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• 4 points

Engineering Software-as-a-Service

Modern software engineering concepts and practices including topics such as Software-as-a-Service, Service-oriented Architecture, Agile Development, Behavior-driven Development, Ruby on Rails, and Dev/ops.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Junfeng Yang
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE

How is performance conceived and instrumentalized to fulfill an ideological design? How is ideology transmitted as performance? Centering on National Socialism and Communism, this course explores that and similar questions by examining the political, social, and cultural performances (of Hitler and Stalin, of race and progress, of postwar trials) in the Third Reich and the Soviet Union by engaging a broad range of primary materials (films, documentaries, plays, newsreels, mass spectacles, artifacts of fine art) and by reading widely in the literature of political philosophy and performance studies.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Hana Worthen
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• 4 points

Antisemitism in U.S. History

What is antisemitism? How and in what contexts has it appeared in the United States? How, if at all, does it resemble other forms of white nationalism? This course addresses these questions through analysis of anti-Jewish discrimination in the United States between the colonial period and the present, exploring different thematic dimensions of anti-Jewish bigotry, discrimination, and violence. Probing anti-Jewish practices and discourses, you will learn to identify representations of Jews as “others;” determine the origins and sources of anti-Jewish sentiments and policies; analyze similarities and differences between anti-Jewish bigotry and racism and xenophobia; and consider how, if at all, expressions of antisemitism have changed over time in the United States.

• Department: Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Brittany Tevis
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• 4 points

ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Software lifecycle using frameworks, libraries and services. Major emphasis on software testing. Centers on a team project.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Gail E Kaiser
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Advanced Software Engineering

Software lifecycle using frameworks, libraries and services. Major emphasis on software testing. Centers on a team project.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Gail E Kaiser
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED PROBABILITY THEORY

This course will cover advance topics in probability, including: the theory of martingales in discrete and in continuous time; Brownian motion and its properties, stochastic integration, ordinary and partial stochastic differential equations; Applications to optimal filtering, stopping, control, and finance; Continuous-time Markov chains, systems of interacting particles, relative entropy dissipation, notions of information theory; Electrical networks, random walks on graphs and groups, percolation.

• Department: Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Karatzas
  CULPA: 7 h-index: 58 Info
• 3 points

BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW

Prerequisites: at least 4 college-level biology or biotechnology courses. This course will introduce students to the interrelated fields of patent law, regulatory law, and contract law that are vital to the biotech and biopharmaceutical sectors. The course will present core concepts in a way that permits students to use them throughout their corporate, academic, and government careers. SCE and TC students may register for this course, but they must first obtain the written permission of the instructor, by filling out a paper Registration Adjustment Form (Add/Drop form). The form can be downloaded at the URL below, but must be signed by the instructor and returned to the office of the registrar. http://registrar.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/reg-adjustment.pdf

• Department: Biological Sciences
• T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alan J Morrison
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• 3 points

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Introduction to computer graphics. Topics include 3D viewing and projections, geometric modeling using spline curves, graphics systems such as OpenGL, lighting and shading, and global illumination. Significant implementation is required: the final project involves writing an interactive 3D video game in OpenGL.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 7:10 p.m.-8:25 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Hadi Fadaifard
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• 3 points

CULTURES IN COLONIAL KOREA

• Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Theodore Hughes
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE MGMT

Generation, composition, collection, transport, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Impact on the environment and public health. Government regulations. Recycling and resource recovery.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Athanasios Bourtsalas
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• 3 points

SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE MGMT

Solid & Hazardous Waste Mgmt

Generation, composition, collection, transport, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Impact on the environment and public health. Government regulations. Recycling and resource recovery.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Athanasios Bourtsalas
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• 3 points

Major Debates in the Study of Africa

MAJ DEBATES-STUDY OF AFRI

This course will focus on key debates that have shaped the study of Africa in the post-colonial African academy. We will cover six key debates: Historiography; Slavery: Premodern and Modern; State Formation; Colonialism and Difference; Nationalism; Political Identity and Political Violence The approach will be multi-disciplinary. To the extent possible, readings will be illustrative of different sides in the debate.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani
  CULPA: 21 Wikipedia h-index: 57 Info
• 4 points

DESIGN INTELLIGENCE

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Danil Nagy
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• 3 points

COMPUT TECHNIQUES-PIXEL PROCSS

An intensive introduction to image processing - digital filtering theory, image enhancement, image reconstruction, antialiasing, warping, and the state of the art in special effects. Topics from the basis of high-quality rendering in computer graphics and of low-level processing for computer vision, remote sensing, and medical imaging. Emphasizes computational techniques for implementing useful image-processing functions.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: George Wolberg
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• 3 points

USER INTERFACE DESIGN

Introduction to the theory and practice of computer user interface design, emphasizing the software design of graphical user interfaces. Topics include basic interaction devices and techniques, human factors, interaction styles, dialogue design, and software infrastructure. Design and programming projects are required.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Brian A Smith
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

Critique of Political Theology: Ancient

The seminar offers a critique of Political Theology through exploratory and reflexive readings of ancient canonical texts considered as foundational in the traditions of Western philosophy, Judaism, and Christianity. Texts and excerpts from Anaximander, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristotle, the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, or the Renaissance musings of Etienne de La Boetie will be read alongside 20th century thinkers—Carl Schmitt, Pierre Clastres, Cornelius Castoriadis, Jean Pierre Vernant , Michel Foucault, Regina Schwartz, Jan Assmann, Giorgio Agamben, Judith Butler, and Bonnie Honig.

Key questions: How do we – and want does it mean to – read ancient texts in our contemporary world? Can engagement with ancient canons (both political and theological) be both non-anachronistic and critical? Must critique be secular? Or Gnostic? Can the political be separated from the theological? What can formations of ancient theo-political imagination teach us about the prospects and limits of ours?

We will try to show that ancient formations of theopolitical imagination have never been completely eradicated in the course of modern secularization—a concept we will have to use cautiously and critically. We will look for traces of the theopolitical in contemporary political discourse and imagination and examine the possibility whether a “theological unconscious” might still be widely at work today. And as we will proceed from Sophocles and Anaximander to the New Testament, we will try to redraw the line between polytheism or paganism and monotheism in theopolitical terms. In this context, we will examine the following statement—the oneness of God in the ancient texts was no less desired and no more secured than the oneness of the modern state—and explore its premises and consequences.     

This seminar will bring together graduate students from Brown and Columbia universities—sponsored by the Kogut Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society respectively—in a joint seminar that will run parallel and occasionally together on zoom, with professors Gourgouris and Ophir visiting each other’s classes in situ twice each during the term. Brown students will be welcome to sit as virtual guests at Professor’s Gourgouris’ seminar at Columbia, and Columbia students will be welcome as virtual guests to Professor Ophir’s seminar at Brown.

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• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Stathis Gourgouris
  CULPA: 4 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BIOTECH

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. The course examines the entrepreneurial process in biotechnology from idea generation through economic viability. Biotechnology companies are unique in that they need a years-to-decades long period of incubation prior to becoming self-sustaining. Students will be introduced to the steps needed to start and nurture a company, and gain an ability to assess the health of potential collaborators, partners or employers. Topics include an overview of the global biotechnology industry, idea generation, business plan formulation, intellectual property protection, funding, personnel management including board composition, regulatory body interaction, and company exits. Course website: http://biot4180.weebly.com/

• Department: Biological Sciences
• F 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: David B Sable
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

Machine Learning for Biomolecular and Ce

Machine learning bio cell

Introduction to machine learning techniques with applications to biological systems, emphasizing cell-biological molecular mechanisms and applications, and computational simulation. Overview of biology. Introduction to biological neurons and neural networks, learning and memory. Parallels between biological and artificial neural networks. Deep neural networks are introduced, hands-on computational experience for students. Big data from experiments or computational simulations: machine learning to extract mechanisms, dimensional reduction. Deep learning applications include drug discovery, protein structure prediction, molecular coarse-graining for simulations, and acceleration of molecular dynamics simulations.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Ben O'Shaughnessy
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

Survey course on electrochemical energy storage with a focus on closed-form cells. Fundamentals of thermodynamics will be reviewed and fundamentals of electrochemistry introduced. Application of fundamentals to devices such as batteries, flow batteries, and fuel cells. Device optimization with respect to energy density, power density, cycle life and capital cost will be considered.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• M 9:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
• Instructor: Dan Steingart
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 36 Info
• 3 points

SECURITY I

Introduction to security. Threat models. Operating system security features. Vulnerabilities and tools. Firewalls, virtual private networks, viruses. Mobile and app security. Usable security. Note: May not earn credit for both W4181 and W4180 or W4187.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Suman Jana
  h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

MALWARE ANALYSIS&REVERSE ENGINEERING

Hands-on analysis of malware. How hackers package and hide malware and viruses to evade analysis. Disassemblers, debuggers, and other tools for reverse engineering. Deep study of Windows Internals and x86 assembly.

• Department: Computer Science
• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael S Sikorski
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT

ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY MG

This course builds on core economics courses and addresses issues of environmental, resource and sustainable economics. It focuses on the interaction between markets and the environment; policy issues related to optimal extraction and pricing; property rights in industrial and developing countries and how they affect international trade in goods such as timber, wood pulp, and oil. An important goal of the class is to have students work in groups to apply economic concepts to current public policy issues having to do with urban environmental and earth systems. The use of the worlds water bodies and the atmosphere as economic inputs to production are also examined. The economics of renewable resources is described and sustainable economic development models are discussed and analyzed. Some time will also be devoted to international trade and regulation, and industrial organization issues. Students not only learn economic concepts, but they will also learn how to explain them to decision-makers. The instructor will tailor this course to the skill level of the students in order to most effectively suit the needs of the class.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Heil
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• 3 points

MOD DISPLAY SCI & TECHNOLOGY

Introduction to modern display systems in an engineering context. The basis for visual perception, image representation, color space, metrics of illumination. Physics of luminescence, propagation and manipulation of light in anisotropic media, emissive displays, and spatial light modulators. Fundamentals of display addressing, the Alt-Pleshko theorem, multiple line addressing. Large area electronics, fabrication, and device integration of commercially important display types. A series of short laboratories will reinforce material from the lectures. Enrollment may be limited.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Kymissis
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

Mexico s Disappeared Practicum

This practicum is an exercise in engaged pedagogy.  The academic work we do will be conducted for the benefit of the cause of Mexico's now over 110,000 disappeared persons.  Students will be engaged in a sustained research effort to development a "context analysis" of disappearances in the state of Zacatecas (Mexico)-- an exercise in social study that focuses on the economic, political, social, and criminological context in which disappearances occur.  Research is done in coordination with Mexico's National Commission for the Search of the Disappeared.  Alongside the practical, real-world, objective, this Practicum is designed to perfect research skills in the social sciences

 

PREREQUISITE: Spanish language comprehension is compulsory for 60% of those enrolled

• Department: Anthropology
• M 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Claudio Lomnitz
  CULPA: 3 Wikipedia Info
• 4 points

MSIEOR Quantitative Bootcamp

Zero-credit course. Primer on quantitative and mathematical concepts. Required for all incoming MSOR and MSIE students.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Instructor: Michael Miller
  CULPA: 18 h-index: 14 Info
• 0 points

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Techniques of solution of partial differential equations. Separation of the variables. Orthogonality and characteristic functions, nonhomogeneous boundary value problems. Solutions in orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems. Applications of Fourier integrals, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Problems from the fields of vibrations, heat conduction, electricity, fluid dynamics, and wave propagation are considered.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: James M Scott
  h-index: 2 Info
• 3 points

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Partial Differential Equation

Techniques of solution of partial differential equations. Separation of the variables. Orthogonality and characteristic functions, nonhomogeneous boundary value problems. Solutions in orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems. Applications of Fourier integrals, Fourier and Laplace transforms. Problems from the fields of vibrations, heat conduction, electricity, fluid dynamics, and wave propagation are considered.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: James M Scott
  h-index: 2 Info
• 3 points

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL DEV & REG

The program aims to provide current life sciences students with an understanding of what drives the regulatory strategies that surround the development decision making process, and how the regulatory professional may best contribute to the goals of product development and approval. To effect this, we will examine operational, strategic, and commercial aspects of the regulatory approval process for new drug, biologic, and biotechnology products both in the United States and worldwide. The topics are designed to provide a chronological review of the requirements needed to obtain marketing approval. Regulatory strategic, operational, and marketing considerations will be addressed throughout the course. We will examine and analyze the regulatory process as a product candidates are advanced from Research and Development, through pre-clinical and clinical testing, to marketing approval, product launch and the post-marketing phase. The goal of this course is to introduce and familiarize students with the terminology, timelines, and actual steps followed by Regulatory Affairs professionals employed in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. Worked examples will be explored to illustrate complex topics and illustrate interpretation of regulations.

• Department: Biological Sciences
• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Ron Guido
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 3 points

A Comprehensive Introduction to Sigmund

CORE CONCEPTS-FREUD'S THINKING

This course offers a comprehensive understanding of the origins, foundations and evolution of Freud’s psychoanalytic theorizing during the four decades following 1895. Via close readings of his texts, with neither worship nor condescension, we will situate the development of psychoanalysis as a theory of mind within historical context, and explore its applications to education, society, culture, and the humanities.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 3 points

Introduction to Sustainable Production o

Intro Sust Mineral Produc

Introductory course focused on engineering principles and unit operations involved in sustainable processing of primary and secondary earth mineral and metal resources. Covers entire value chain, viz, aspects of economic resource deposits, mining, fundamental principles and processes for size reduction, separations based on physical and chemical properties of minerals and metals, solid-liquid separation, waste and pollution management, water and energy efficiency and management, safety and health, environmental impact assessment and control, and economic efficiency. Special emphasis on concepts and practical applications within "mines of the future" framework to highlight innovations and transformational technological changes in progress.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Behzad Vaziri Hassas
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• 3 points

Introduction to Mammalogy

This taxon-based course provides students with a basic understanding of the diversity and natural history of the mammals. Broad coverage of mammalian biology includes: morphological adaptations, evolutionary history and biogeography.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Scott Silver
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• 3 points

HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN AND INNOVATION

HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN & I

Open to SEAS graduate and advanced undergraduate students, Business School, and GSAPP. Students from other schools may apply. Fast-paced introduction to human-centered design. Students learn the vocabulary of design methods, understanding of design process. Small group projects to create prototypes. Design of simple product, more complex systems of products and services, and design of business.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Harry West
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 1 Info
• 3 points

THEORY CRYSTALLIN MAT: PHONONS

Phenomenological theoretical understanding of vibrational behavior of crystalline materials; introducing all key concepts at classical level before quantizing the Hamiltonian. Basic notions of Group Theory introduced and exploited: irreducible representations, Great Orthogonality Theorem, character tables, degeneration, product groups, selection rules, etc. Both translational and point symmetry employed to block diagonalize the Hamiltonian and compute observables related to vibrations/phonons. Topics include band structures, density of states, band gap formation, nonlinear (anharmonic) phenomena, elasticity, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, optical properties, ferroelectricty. Illustrated using both minimal model Hamiltonians in addition to accurate Hamiltonians for real materials (e.g., Graphene)

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Chris A Marianetti
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• 3 points

THEORY CRYSTALLIN MAT: PHONONS

THEORY CRYSTAL MAT: PHONONS

Phenomenological theoretical understanding of vibrational behavior of crystalline materials; introducing all key concepts at classical level before quantizing the Hamiltonian. Basic notions of Group Theory introduced and exploited: irreducible representations, Great Orthogonality Theorem, character tables, degeneration, product groups, selection rules, etc. Both translational and point symmetry employed to block diagonalize the Hamiltonian and compute observables related to vibrations/phonons. Topics include band structures, density of states, band gap formation, nonlinear (anharmonic) phenomena, elasticity, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, optical properties, ferroelectricty. Illustrated using both minimal model Hamiltonians in addition to accurate Hamiltonians for real materials (e.g., Graphene)

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Chris A Marianetti
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• 3 points

Data-driven Decision Modeling

Introduction to modeling, estimating, and solving decision-making problems in the context of artificial intelligence and analytics. Potential topics include choice models, quantity models, online learning using multi-armed bandits, dynamic decision modeling, dynamic games, and Bayesian learning theory. Practice both theory and applications using Python programming.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• F 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Yi Zhang
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

Environment, Health, and Justice: Concep

ENVIRONMENT HEALTH JUSTIC

Please note: this class was designed as part of the Special Concentration in Public Health. It is open to undergraduates, as well as students in Public Health, and will be taught on the Morningside campus. This course introduces key concepts on environmental health sciences and environmental justice and their application to address environmental health disparities affecting communities in New York City, across the United States and globally. The course will present theory and methods needed to characterize, understand and intervene on environmental health problems with a focus on methods that are particularly appropriate for environmental justice research and interventions. We will describe environmental health disciplines such as exposure sciences, environmental epidemiology, environmental biosciences and toxicology, as well as methods to assess expected environmental health impacts

• Department: Columbia College
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Ana Navas Acien
  h-index: 73 Info
• 3 points

ENGIN APPL OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Engineering analysis of electrochemical systems, including electrode kinetics, transport phenomena, mathematical modeling, and thermodynamics. Common experimental methods are discussed. Examples from common applications in energy conversion and metallization are presented.

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Alan West
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

MATERIALS THERMODYN/PHASE DIAG

Review of laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic variables and relations, free energies and equilibrium in thermodynamic system. Statistical thermodynamics. Unary, binary, and ternary phase diagrams, compounds and intermediate phases, solid solutions and Hume-Rothery rules, relationship between phase diagrams and metastability, defects in crystals. Thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces, effect of particle size on phase equilibria, adsorption isotherms, grain boundaries, surface energy, electrochemistry, statistical mechanics.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Katayun Barmak
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

Theories of Change in Human Development

Theories of Change-Human

What are the agents of developmental change in human childhood? How has the scientific community graduated from nature versus nurture, to nature
and
nurture? This course offers students an in-depth analysis of the fundamental theories in the study of cognitive and social development.

• Department: Psychology
• W 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Dima Amso
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 31 Info
• 4 points

PROBABILITY THEORY

Prerequisites: At least one semester, and preferably two, of calculus. An introductory course (STAT UN1201, preferably) is strongly recommended. A calculus-based introduction to probability theory. A quick review of multivariate calculus is provided. Topics covered include random variables, conditional probability, expectation, independence, Bayes’ rule, important distributions, joint distributions, moment generating functions, central limit theorem, laws of large numbers and Markov’s inequality.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Davis
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 60 Info
• Instructor: David A Rios
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

PROBABILITY THEORY

Prerequisites: At least one semester, and preferably two, of calculus. An introductory course (STAT UN1201, preferably) is strongly recommended. A calculus-based introduction to probability theory. A quick review of multivariate calculus is provided. Topics covered include random variables, conditional probability, expectation, independence, Bayes’ rule, important distributions, joint distributions, moment generating functions, central limit theorem, laws of large numbers and Markov’s inequality.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David A Rios
  CULPA: 16 Info
• 3 points

FUNCTNS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE

Complex numbers, functions of a complex variable, differentiation and integration in the complex plane. Analytic functions, Cauchy integral theorem and formula, Taylor and Laurent series, poles and residues, branch points, evaluation of contour integrals. Conformal mapping, Schwarz-Christoffel transformation. Applications to physical problems.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Xuenan Li
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• 3 points

STATISTICAL INFERENCE

Prerequisites: STAT GU4203. At least one semester of calculus is required; two or three semesters are strongly recommended. Calculus-based introduction to the theory of statistics. Useful distributions, law of large numbers and central limit theorem, point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals maximum likelihood, likelihood ratio tests, nonparametric procedures, theory of least squares and analysis of variance.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Cristian G Pasarica
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• 3 points

STATISTICAL INFERENCE

Prerequisites: STAT GU4203. At least one semester of calculus is required; two or three semesters are strongly recommended. Calculus-based introduction to the theory of statistics. Useful distributions, law of large numbers and central limit theorem, point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals maximum likelihood, likelihood ratio tests, nonparametric procedures, theory of least squares and analysis of variance.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Cristian G Pasarica
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• 3 points

LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS

Prerequisites: STAT GU4204 or the equivalent, and a course in linear algebra. Theory and practice of regression analysis. Simple and multiple regression, testing, estimation, prediction, and confidence procedures, modeling, regression diagnostics and plots, polynomial regression, colinearity and confounding, model selection, geometry of least squares. Extensive use of the computer to analyse data.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 7:40 p.m.-8:55 p.m.
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Steven Campbell
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• Instructor: Philip Protter
  h-index: 50 Info
• Instructor: Jeonghoe Lee
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• Instructor: Gabriel Young
  CULPA: 7 Info
• Instructor: Yuqi Gu
  h-index: 6 Info
• 3 points

ELEC & MAGNETIC PROP OF SOLIDS

A survey course on the electronic and magnetic properties of materials, oriented towards materials for solid state devices. Dielectric and magnetic properties, ferroelectrics and ferromagnets. Conductivity and superconductivity. Electronic band theory of solids: classification of metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Materials in devices: examples from semiconductor lasers, cellular telephones, integrated circuits, and magnetic storage devices. Topics from physics are introduced as necessary.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: William Bailey
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

ELEC & MAGNETIC PROP OF SOLIDS

Elec & Mag Properties of Solid

A survey course on the electronic and magnetic properties of materials, oriented towards materials for solid state devices. Dielectric and magnetic properties, ferroelectrics and ferromagnets. Conductivity and superconductivity. Electronic band theory of solids: classification of metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Materials in devices: examples from semiconductor lasers, cellular telephones, integrated circuits, and magnetic storage devices. Topics from physics are introduced as necessary.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: William Bailey
  CULPA: 12 Info
• 3 points

STAT COMP & INTRO DATA SCIENCE

Prerequisites: STAT GU4204 and GU4205 or the equivalent. Introduction to programming in the R statistical package: functions, objects, data structures, flow control, input and output, debugging, logical design, and abstraction. Writing code for numerical and graphical statistical analyses. Writing maintainable code and testing, stochastic simulations, paralleizing data analyses, and working with large data sets. Examples from data science will be used for demonstration.

• Department: Statistics
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Wayne Lee
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 3 points

HUMAN FACTORS: PERFORMANCE

Required for undergraduate students majoring in IE. Sensory and cognitive (brain) processing considerations in the design, development, and operations of systems, products, and tools. User or operator limits and potential in sensing, perceiving decision making, movement coordination, memory, and motivation.

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Leon S Gold
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

Religion and the Afro-Native Experience

Religion and Afro-Native

African Americans and Native Americans have a shared history of racial oppression in America. However, the prevailing lenses through which scholars understand settler colonialism, religion, and black and indigenous histories focus overwhelmingly on the dynamics between Europeans and these respective groups. How might our understanding of these subjects change when viewed from a different point of departure, if we center the history of entanglements between black and native lives? How does religion structure the overlapping experiences of Afro-Native peoples in North America?

From political movements in Minneapolis, Oakland, and New York City to enslavement from the Cotton Belt to the Rio Grande, this class will explore how Africans, Native Americans, and their descendants adapted to shifting contexts of race and religion in America. The course will proceed thematically by examining experiences of war, dislocation, survival, and diaspora.

• Department: Religion @Barnard
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Tiffany Hale
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

ELEMENTARY STOCHASTIC PROCESS

Elementary Stochastic Processe

Prerequisites: STAT GU4203 and two, preferably three, semesters of calculus. Review of elements of probability theory. Poisson processes. Renewal theory. Walds equation. Introduction to discrete and continuous time Markov chains. Applications to queueing theory, inventory models, branching processes.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Brown
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

PLANNING METHODS

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• W 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
• Instructor: Hugo Sarmiento
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• 3 points

FORENSIC STRUCTURL ENGINEERING

Review of significant failures, civil/structural engineering design and construction practices, ethical standards and the legal positions as necessary background to forensic engineering. Discussion of standard-of-care. Study of the process of engineering evaluation of structural defects and failures in construction and in service. Examination of the roles, activities, conduct and ethics of the forensic consultant and expert witness. Students are assigned projects of actual cases of non-performance or failure of steel, concrete, masonry, geotechnical and temporary structures, in order to perform, discuss and report their own investigations under the guidance of the instructor.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

The Ways of Ilm: Scholarly Traditions

The Ways of Ilm: Islami

This course covers the epistemologies and main theological and philosophical standpoints of a wide range of Islamic intellectual traditions. It will explore how different groups of scholars accumulated knowledge of God and the universe in the Classical Islamic world, a period which in many ways can be considered formative for contemporary Islam. We focus on various bodies of knowledge as these were developed from the 7th-c. 13th centuries AD. Each week covers a separate theological, philosophical, or scientific tradition, after which the class will explore the tensions and syntheses between various competing worldviews.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• M 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Elaine Van Dalen
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

THIRD YEAR ARABIC I

NOTE: There are 2 sections of Third Year Arabic I. Section 001 follows the standard curriculum building all 4 language skills, as described below. Section 002 follows a reading-intensive curriculum, with less emphasis on listening and writing while still conducted in Arabic, and is intended for those preparing for advanced research in modern or classical Arabic texts. Students in the regular third-year Arabic track improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through close reading, compositions, class discussions, and presentations in Arabic on topics such as cultures of the Arab world, classical and modern Arabic literature, and contemporary Arabic media. Review of grammatical and syntactic rules as needed. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MTWR 8:50 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Youssef Nouhi
  CULPA: 7 Info
• 5 points

ENERGY SOURCES AND CONVERSION

ENERGY-SOURCES AND CONVERSION

Energy sources such as oil, gas, coal, gas hydrates, hydrogen, solar, and wind. Energy conversion systems for electrical power generation, automobiles, propulsion and refrigeration. Engines, steam and gas turbines, wind turbines; devices such as fuel cells, thermoelectric converters, and photovoltaic cells. Specialized topics may include carbon-dioxide sequestration, cogeneration, hybrid vehicles and energy storage devices.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Vijay Modi
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 40 Info
• 3 points

Data Analytics & Machine Learning for OR

Data Analytics & ML for O

Surveys tools available in Python for getting (web scraping and APIs) and visualizing data (charts and maps). Introduction to analytics through machine learning (ML algorithms, model evaluation, text analytics, network algorithms, deep learning).

• Department: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hardeep Johar
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• 3 points

FOURTH YEAR MODERN ARABIC I

Through reading articles and essays by Arab thinkers and intellectuals, students will be able to increase their fluency and accuracy in Arabic while working on reading text and being exposed to the main themes in Arab thought The course works with all four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Arabic is the language of instruction. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• MW 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Taoufik Ben-Amor
  CULPA: 11 Info
• 4 points

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

MEMS markets and applications; scaling laws; silicon as a mechanical material; Sensors and actuators; micromechanical analysis and design; substrate (bulk) and surface micromachining; computer aided design; packaging; testing and characterization; microfluidics.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: P J Schuck
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• 3 points

ADVANCED MACROECONOMICS

Prerequisites: ECON UN3211 and ECON UN3213 and ECON UN3412 and MATH UN2010 Required discussion section ECON GU4214 An introduction to the dynamic models used in the study of modern macroeconomics. Applications of the models will include theoretical issues such as optimal lifetime consumption decisions and policy issues such as inflation targeting. This course is strongly recommended for students considering graduate work in economics.

• Department: Economics
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer La'O
  h-index: 9 Info
• 4 points

ADV MACROECONOMICS - DISC

• Department: Economics
• 0 points

Milton, Colonization, Revolution

Milton/Colonization/Revol

This course will look at the major works of the poet, polemicist, and revolutionary John Milton in the context of seventeenth-century English intellectual, religious, political, military and colonial events. In addition to reading Milton’s shorter poems, major prose (including
Areopagitica
), and the full text of
Paradise Lost,
we will look at the authors and agents whose activities and writings helped to create the conditions in which he wrote: poets and agitators, natural scientists and utopians, sectarians and prophets, colonists and enslavers, revolutionaries and regicides. The class will pay particular attention to political debates about freedom and tyranny and to the colonial efforts (particularly in Virginia, Ireland and Barbados) that subtended both the English revolution and Milton’s own work.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Julie Crawford
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 3 points

Milton, Colonization, Revolution

Milton/Colonization/Revol

This course will look at the major works of the poet, polemicist, and revolutionary John Milton in the context of seventeenth-century English intellectual, religious, political, military and colonial events. In addition to reading Milton’s shorter poems, major prose (including
Areopagitica
), and the full text of
Paradise Lost,
we will look at the authors and agents whose activities and writings helped to create the conditions in which he wrote: poets and agitators, natural scientists and utopians, sectarians and prophets, colonists and enslavers, revolutionaries and regicides. The class will pay particular attention to political debates about freedom and tyranny and to the colonial efforts (particularly in Virginia, Ireland and Barbados) that subtended both the English revolution and Milton’s own work.

• Department: Auditing
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Julie Crawford
  CULPA: 24 Info
• 0 points

ANALOG FILTER SYNTHESIS/DESIGN

Approximation techniques for magnitude, phase, and delay specifications, transfer function realization sensitivity, passive LC filters, active RC filters, MOSFET-C filters, Gm-C filters, switched-capacitor filters, automatic tuning techniques for integrated filters. Filter noise. A design project is an integral part of the course.

• Department: Electrical Engineering
• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy Dickson
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• 3 points

THEORY OF VIBRATIONS

Frequencies and modes of discrete and continuous elastic systems. Forced vibrations-steady-state and transient motion. Effect of damping. Exact and approximate methods. Applications.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Raimondo Betti
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

NGOs & THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT

NGOs & THE HUMAN RIGHTS MVMNT

This class takes a social movement perspective to analyze and understand the international human rights movement. The course will address the evolution of the international human rights movement and focus on the NGOs that drive the movement on the international, regional and domestic levels. Sessions will highlight the experiences of major human rights NGOs and will address topics including strategy development, institutional representation, research methodologies, partnerships, networks, venues of engagement, campaigning, fundraising and, perhaps most importantly, the fraught and complex debates about adaptation to changing global circumstances, starting with the pre-Cold War period and including some of the most up-to-date issues and questions going on in this field today.

• Department: Institute for Study of Human Rights
• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Louis Bickford
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

FOURTH YEAR JAPANESE

• Department: Global Programs
• Instructor: Itsuko Nakamura
  Info
• 8 points

American Religions in extremis

This seminar focuses on historical, sociological, and first-hand accounts of a diverse set of American non-conformist religious and spiritual groups (including MOVE, the Branch Davidians at Waco, Father Divine's International Peace Mission, the Oneida Perfectionists, and Occupy and others). Diverse in their historical origins, their activities, and their ends, each of the groups sought or seeks to offer radically news ways of living, subverting American gender, sexuality, racial, or economic norms. The title of this seminar highlights the ways that these groups explain their reasons for existing (to themselves or others) not as a choice but as a response to a system or society out of whack, at odds with the plans of the divine, or at odds with nature and survival. Likewise, it considers the numerous ways that these same groups have often found themselves the targets of state surveillance and violence.

• Department: Religion
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Courtney Bender
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 4 points

THE BLACK SEA IN HISTORY

We are used to thinking of history in national terms, or at least in reference to major civilizations (“Western civilization,” “Near Eastern civilization,” etc.). In “real life,” however, interactions among people, linguistic communities, and cultures frequently cut across political divisions. Water - rivers, streams, seas - is often an invitation to settlement, commerce, and conquest. This course offers a look (inspired in part by Fernand Braudel's Mediterranean) at a body of water - the Black Sea - and the lands around it, in sweeping historical perspective. Focus is on those moments when the various civilizations and empires that originated and flourished around the Black Sea met and intersected in friendship or in enmity. We will look at ancient civilizations, Greek colonization, Byzantine-Slav interactions, the period of Ottoman dominance, Russian-Turkish rivalry, and decolonization and wars in the 19th and 20th centuries. We hope that we will be able to pay particular attention to questions of ecology, language, religion, and cultural interaction throughout.

• Department: History
• M 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Catherine Evtuhov
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4 points

SPOKEN ARABIC I

Prerequisites: (MDES UN2201) and (MDES UN2202) $10 Arabic Materials Fee; $15 Language Resource Fee. This is an introductory course to Levantine Arabic for students who have completed two years of Standard Arabic studies, at the Intermediate level. The course is designed to further develop fluency in oral communication, through building students’ familiarity with a less formal register of Arabic, namely the Levantine dialect. The course will convert and recycle some of the previous Standard Arabic knowledge to the dialect, by comparing their prior knowledge to its dialectal counterpart; while at the same time developing students’ new communicative skills in a diverse range of contexts that are essential in any conversational interaction. The course will build students abilities to interact effectively in various areas where Levantine Arabic is spoken. In addition to varied thematic topics, the course exposes students to cultural aspects specific to the region. Additionally, the course will work on both constructing students’ knowledge of dialectal diction as well as other grammatical features of the dialects. Even though the course is designed for communication in the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking), the emphasis will be mostly on speaking and listening. No P/D/F or R credit is allowed for this class.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• TR 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Reem Faraj
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

Energy System Economics and Optimization

Energy System Econ. & Opt

Transitioning into a sustainable energy system is not only a technical challenge but also an economical one. Teaches students fundamentals of power system economics over which current electricity markets are designed. Also examines challenges and opportunities in future sustainable energy systems such as carbon tax, renewable energy, demand response, and energy storage. Covers mixed-integer linear programming and demonstrates how mathematical optimizations are integrated into energy system operations. Provides overview of current energy system research topics. Includes a project using mathematical tools to solve real-world problems in the energy system.

• Department: Earth and Environmental Engineering
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Bolun Xu
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY I

Prerequisites: elementary physical chemistry. Basic quantum mechanics: the Schrodinger equation and its interpretation, exact solutions in simple cases, methods or approximations including time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, spin and orbital angular momentum, spin-spin interactions, and an introduction to atomic and molecular structure.

• Department: Chemistry
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard A Friesner
  CULPA: 28 Wikipedia Info
• 4.5 points

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

Prerequisites: STAT GU4205 or the equivalent. Least squares smoothing and prediction, linear systems, Fourier analysis, and spectral estimation. Impulse response and transfer function. Fourier series, the fast Fourier transform, autocorrelation function, and spectral density. Univariate Box-Jenkins modeling and forecasting. Emphasis on applications. Examples from the physical sciences, social sciences, and business. Computing is an integral part of the course.

• Department: Statistics
• TR 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Rongning Wu
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

QUEER THEORY & PSYCHOANALYSIS

It is practically impossible to imagine queer theory without psychoanalysis. Not only does Queer Theory depend on psychoanalysis for conceptualizing sex and sexuality, but even related terms such as desire, relationality, and the body, require rich and substantial psychological elaboration. And yet, in spite of its centrality, there is an abiding resistance to psychoanalysis on the grounds that it focuses too much on the individual, and on the individual mind, and in so doing, fails to grasp the structural dimension of sex, sexuality and identity. If Freud epitomizes the psychological view, and Foucault represents the constructed view, then we could think of Queer Theory as perennially torn between these competing and irreconcilable positions. With all of the theoretical baggage the concept of the individual entails, would it be better for Queer Theory to leave psychoanalysis behind, or are there ways to rethink individuality along more radical lines? Is the individual subject really an obstacle to radical theory or its prerequisite? How do we think about the relationship between Queer Theory and psychoanalysis? While there are extreme positions on either side of this debate, how can we craft a third way that acknowledges the importance of subjectivity while also recognizing the limitations of traditional psychoanalysis?

This course introduces the complicated relationship between Queer Theory and psychoanalysis by familiarizing students with the clinical concepts at the core of contemporary critical theory. We will focus specifically on the topics of: sexuality, perversion, trauma, identity, relationality, narcissism, gender and attachment in order to explore how these concepts work today. Delving into theoretical writing by Foucault, Bersani, Edelman, Berlant, Butler, Dean and Preciado, as well as clinical writing by contemporary psychoanalysts, Benvenuto, Gonzalez, Corbett, Laplanche and Gherovici, we will redefine queer formulations by transforming their clinical meaning. In addition to offering a comprehensive outline of how psychoanalysis and Queer Theory relate, this course will expose students to a wide range of contemporary clinical thinking in order to facilitate a deeper engagement with the practical,
lived
dimension of psychoanalysis.

• Department: Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for
• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Gila Ashtor
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• 3 points

BAYESIAN STATISTICS

This course introduces the Bayesian paradigm for statistical inference.  Topics covered include prior and posterior distributions: conjugate priors, informative and non-informative priors; one- and two-sample problems; models for normal data, models for binary data, Bayesian linear models; Bayesian computation: MCMC algorithms, the Gibbs sampler; hierarchical models; hypothesis testing, Bayes factors, model selection; use of statistical software.

Prerequisites: A course in the theory of statistical inference, such as STAT GU4204 a course in statistical modeling and data analysis, such as STAT GU4205.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 6:10 p.m.-7:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Ronald Neath
  CULPA: 13 Info
• 3 points

ADV DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Review of loads and structural design approaches. Material considerations in structural steel design. Behavior and design of rolled steel, welded, cold-formed light-gauge, and composite concrete/steel members. Design of multi-story buildings and space structures.

• Department: Video Network
• 3 points

ARABIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY GLOBAL DIMENSIONS

This course draws a map of Arab thought and culture in its multiple engagements with other cultures. It works globally along two lines: a theoretical one that accommodates conceptualizations of self-narrative in relation to shifting categories of center and margin; and a thematic one that selects a number of Arabic autobiographical texts with strong thematic concerns that cut across multiple cultures. Although Europe sounds at times more conspicuous in early 20th century autobiography, the Afro-Asian and Latin American topographical and historical itinerary and context are no less so, especially in writings we associate with societal and cultural transformations. More than historical accounts, these intellectual itineraries speak for the successes and failures of the secular ideology of the Arab nation-state. They convey the struggle of intellectuals-- as self-styled leaders, for an ideal state on the ruins of the past. The course studies a number of autobiographical works; memoirs and reminiscences that are meant to rationalize and reproduce a writer’s experience. Probably self-censored, these serve nevertheless as trajectories for a secular journey rather than one from denial to affirmation. Staunchly established in modernity and its nahdah paradigms, most of these writings are secular itineraries that rarely end in a search for faith. They are the journeys of a generation of Arab intellectuals who are facing many crises, but not the crisis of faith. They provide another look at the making of the Arab intelligentsia- and probably the Afro-Asian and Latin American one, since the early 20th century, and help us discern not only achievements on the level of education and public service , but also the mounting discontent with failures that have been wrapping the formation of the nation state. No prior knowledge of Arabic language is required.

• Department: Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 4 points

STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS

Prerequisites: elementary physical chemistry. Corequisites: CHEM G4221. Topics include the classical and quantum statistical mechanics of gases, liquids, and solids.

• Department: Chemistry
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy C Berkelbach
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 4.5 points

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS I

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136COMS W3137) and (COMS W3203) Introduction to the design and analysis of efficient algorithms. Topics include models of computation, efficient sorting and searching, algorithms for algebraic problems, graph algorithms, dynamic programming, probabilistic methods, approximation algorithms, and NP-completeness.

• Department: Computer Science
• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Timothy A Roughgarden
  Info
• 3 points

ADVNCD DSGN-CONCRETE STRUCTURS

Design of concrete beams for combined torsion, shear and flexure; moment-curvature relation; bar cut-off locations; design of two-way slabs; strut-and-tie method for the design of deep beams and corbels; gravity and shear wall design; retaining wall design.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Tom T Panayotidi
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

DESIGN OF LARGE SCALE BRIDGES

Design of large-scale and complex bridges with emphasis on cable-supported structures. Static and dynamic loads, component design of towers, superstructures and cables; conceptual design of major bridge types including arches, cable stayed bridges and suspension bridges.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Theodore Zoli
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

SURFACE REACTIONS & KINETICS

• Department: Chemical Engineering
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jingguang Chen
  Wikipedia h-index: 89 Info
• 3 points

MULTI-HAZARD DESIGN OF STRUCTURES

Fundamental considerations of wave mechanics; design philosophies; reliability and risk concepts; basics of fluid mechanics; design of structures subjected to blast; elements of seismic design; elements of fire design; flood considerations; advanced analysis in support of structural design.

• Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

INTRO-COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY

Develops a quantitative theory of the computational difficulty of problems in terms of the resources (e.g. time, space) needed to solve them. Classification of problems into complexity classes, reductions, and completeness. Power and limitations of different modes of computation such as nondeterminism, randomization, interaction, and parallelism.

• Department: Computer Science
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Henry Yuen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY

Develops a quantitative theory of the computational difficulty of problems in terms of the resources (e.g. time, space) needed to solve them. Classification of problems into complexity classes, reductions, and completeness. Power and limitations of different modes of computation such as nondeterminism, randomization, interaction, and parallelism.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Henry Yuen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

Machine Intelligence

This course will survey historical and modern developments in machine intelligence from fields such as psychology, neuroscience, and computer science, and from intellectual movements such as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, neural networks, connectionism, machine learning, and deep learning. The emphasis is on the conceptual understanding of topics. The course does not include, nor require background in, computer programming and statistics. A crucial aspect of the seminar is for students to become informed consumers of applications of artificial intelligence.

• Department: Psychology
• R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Trenton Jerde
  h-index: 11 Info
• 4 points

Reversing the Biodiversity Crisis

Course Overview

Often described as “twin crises,” climate change and biodiversity loss are among the most urgent sustainability challenges to be addressed in our modern era. While much focus has rightfully been placed on climate change mitigation actions at local, regional, and global scales, biodiversity loss is less often addressed by governments, institutions, industries, and individuals as a critical piece of the sustainability puzzle. In 2021, COP 15, the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, received far less media attention than COP 26, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change. Yet climate change and biodiversity loss are inextricably linked, and without biodiversity and the associated ecosystem services and biospheric resilience upon which human society relies, a sustainable world is not possible. Moreover, certain climate change mitigation actions can actually be to the detriment of biological diversity.

 

Unlike a traditional conservation biology course geared towards ecologists and biologists, this course will be taught through the lens of sustainability management, equipping sustainability managers with the knowledge and direction needed to begin integrating biodiversity conservation and restoration into their professions. This course will illuminate the critical importance of biodiversity to sustainability and human well-being, the science and politics behind the current biodiversity crisis, and proposals, policies, and actions for bending the curve of biodiversity loss to create more sustainable and equitable outcomes for both humans and the non-humans with which we share our planet.

 

Students who seek to deepen their understanding of ecological sustainability and address the biodiversity crisis through the lens of sustainability management are encouraged to take this course. This course is an on-campus (or Hy-Flex) elective offered during the Fall semester and fulfills 3 credits within the Physical Dimensions of Sustainability Management curriculum area in the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program. Cross-registration is available to students outside of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program, space permitting.

• Department: Sustainability Management
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy Karpati
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• 3 points

COG NEURO NARRATIVE FILM

Prerequisites: (PSYC UN1010 or Equivalent introductory course in neuroscience or cognitive psychology This seminar will provide a broad survey of how narrative stories, films, and performances have been used as tools to study cognition in psychology and neuroscience.

• Department: Psychology
• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Christopher Baldassano
  h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points